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Theatre: Mitch Benn Performs A Christmas Carol

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Mitch Benn is bringing his sold-out show A Christmas Carol, continuing Charles Dickens’ tradition of performing the text live, and using Dickens’ original abridged text, let Mitch immerse you in the Christmas spirit with the beloved classic!

Come and live the magic of Christmas.

This is a family show. The show lasts for 70 minutes plus an interval.

About Mitch Benn

Mitch Benn is a comedian, author, satirical songwriter, musician and actor. He is perhaps best known as the resident comic songwriter on BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show from 1999 to 2016. As a comedian, Mitch has toured extensively in the UK and internationally over the last 20 years. Mitch’s voice acting credits include Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens TV series and the Sandman audiobooks. Mitch has written three Sci-Fi novels – Terra, Terra’s World and Terra’s War. He also writes a weekly column in The New European newspaper.

This is one of two performances on 8 December: buy tickets for 6pm (doors 5.30pm) | buy tickets for 8pm (doors 7.30pm)